Yesterday when the Padres released Orlando Hudsonmy post about the move wondered if the Giants would be interested in the veteran second baseman now that he was available on the cheap.

We’ll soon find out for sure, but in the meantime Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com writes to “expect the Giants to take a hard look at signing Hudson.”

San Diego is on the hook for his entire $5.5 million salary, along with his $2 million buyout for 2013.

Giants vice president Bobby Evans also revealed to Baggarly that they’ve “put out feelers” for potential infield help via trade after injuries wrecked the roster’s depth, so they may view Hudson as mostly a fallback option.

Ummmm…Sanchez’s struggles were well chronicled. Your front office did it to themselves. You get extreme highs and lows…that is Sanchez…not much in the middle. If the Royals thought they could do than what Dave Righetti could not do, well that’s not the Giants fault.